The DOH Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU), in an advisory Saturday (as of 3 p.m., March 28), cleared the last two PUIs awaiting test result, even as the province remains to have 79 other persons classified as PUIs with only mild symptoms to warrant COVID-19 testing.
Mayor Lucilo Bayron, in a prerecorded announcement aired late Monday, said this is part of intensive measures the city plans to undertake after one COVID-positive patient was confirmed on March 20.
Richard Ligad, city information officer, said Monday afternoon that the City Health Office (CHO) has so far recorded a total of 58 PUIs in the city, noting that the results of the 4 PUIs returned negative.
Current statistics show a steady rise in the number of "persons under investigation" (PUI) and "persons under monitoring" (PUM), with the number expected to increase as contact tracing on the case of the Australian tourist is completed.
Dr. Mary Ann Navarro, chief of the Palawan Provincial Health Office (PHO), said Wednesday in a press briefing that Airswift refused to carry the samples even with good coordination because the cargo is considered risky and dangerous.
Governor Jose Alvarez during an emergency meeting of the COVID-19 task force said this decision is to allow domestic tourists to return home and for foreign travelers to go back to their countries through international flights.
